denotation

英 [ˌdiːnəʊˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌdiːnoʊˈteɪʃn]

n.  指称; 指称之物; 指称意义; 外延

复数：denotations　

BNC.47302 / COCA.38815

牛津词典

noun

• 指称；指称之物；指称意义；外延
  the act of naming sth with a word; the actual object or idea to which the word refers

英英释义

noun

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  1. the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
  Synonym:referenceextension
• the act of indicating or pointing out by name
  Synonym:indication

双语例句

• Implementation of Denotation and Reasoning of Non-recursion Rule with View
  利用视图技术实现非递归规则的表示与推理
• A good dictionary will give us the connotation of a word as well as its denotation.
  一本好字典不仅要告诉我们一个字的字面意义，同时还要告诉我们该字的言外之意。
• On the Denotation of Socialist Harmonious Society and Means of Development
  论社会主义和谐社会的内涵与路径
• In feudal society, its denotation is personality-killing and absolute integrity and super stability.
  封建社会表现为扼杀人格的绝对统一性和超稳定性。
• Denotation: the core sense of a word or a phrase that relates it to phenomena in the real world.
  外延：与现实世界的现象相联系的词或短语的核心含义。
• View Denotation and Generative Algorithm of Integrity Constraints in Deductive Databases
  演绎数据库中完整性约束视图表示和生成算法
• Employing unit is a concept and category with particular connotation and denotation in our labor law.
  用人单位是我国劳动法上具有特定内涵与外延的法律概念和范畴。
• The core of Roland Barthes's theory is the distinction between the denotation and connotation of the symbols.
  罗兰·巴特符号学理论的核心是区分了符号的直接意指和含蓄意指。
• It is a mode of consciousness peculiar to human being to know things by means of the denotation and predication of symbol.
  异质性指事物间不同类不可比的现象，它通过符号指谓显现出来，并成为符号意识不可回避的问题。
• Equipped with more net charges for bonding atoms, the modified starch have more electrons for denotation and more activities.
  淀粉的化学改性增加了键合原子的净电荷，提高了药剂给予电子的能力，提高了药剂的活性。